A weekend trip to the seaside, with Andrew, Sarah and Jon! A list of some of the things we ticked off on our seaside to-do list over the weekend:
Fish finger sandwiches:
Luxury accommodation: AKA the Travelodge by the football stadium, looked like a prison, checked in at the same time as a giant stag do who were unloading crates of beer and vodka in the car park, and had a view of a car park full of skips. Surprisingly, had a comfortable night's sleep!
Ice creams: from Notarianni Ices, who make solely vanilla ice cream, and do giant portions with special cones (shaped like a cocktail glass) to hold the size of the scoops.
Amusement arcade: Andrew won enough to retire early on, and to get Sarah a rubber duck and me a paint-a-dinosaur. Jon won enough to get a Mr Bean luggage tag and fruit salad sweets.
Drinks: on the pier, in the wind:
Sightseeing:
Pre-race meal: at Italian La Bottega, which surely must be the nicest restaurant in Blackpool. They had a dessert trolley, and shots of Limoncello.
Sunset watching:
A marathon: up early on Sunday morning to walk to the start of the Blackpool Marathon (organised by Fylde Coast Runners), where we saw Craig, and Simon. Also saw Brian on the way round, and Steve out on a club run (thanks for the photos!)
I love the Blackpool Marathon. This is the third time I have done it, and every time has been good. It is two laps, starting just north of Blackpool Tower, heading south past the Pleasure Beach, back north past the tower up towards Cleveleys, to turn around and back to the tower. Then the same all over again! It is a bit undulating, the bit up towards Cleveleys, and it was pretty windy, so the half of it that was running in the north direction was quite hard at times!
There was great support on the course, and not even too many drunk people in Wetherspoons at 09:00 shouting insults this year (which was actually a little disappointing, as I feel that that is part of the charm of running the Blackpool Marathon).
Ran with Sarah and Andrew, and had a brilliant time running around in the sunshine (spotting the Eiffel Tower), a proper day out by the sea! Chuffed with a 4:01 time. Jon did the half, and we all met up afterwards for stretching on the seafront (like the professionals that we are).
The required medal photos:
A quick wedding: (only kidding). I love how the Wedding Chapel is in the Tourist Information Centre. How many people have popped in to pick up a map, and been accidently married??
Fish and chips: posh fish and chips at Papa's. The menu was a newspaper!
Rock shopping:
Paddling in the sea: because you can't go to the seaside and not have a paddle.
Thank you Sarah, Jon and Andrew for a fantastic weekend! And thanks to Travel Agent Escott (five star rating) for arranging the trip!
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